welcome back. time for your morning timer, everything you need to know to start your day. we begin on capitol hill, where in about one hour from now, the house is expected to pass a 2018 budget resolution that passed the senate last week. the budget would allow republicans to pass their tax bill through the senate through reconciliation. meaning it needs 51 votes to pass. federal officials say a laptop found inside the las vegas gunman s hotel room was missing its hard drive. investigators believe he removed the hard drive after opening fire on a crowd of concert goers, killing a total of 58 people. u.n. ambassador nikki haley s trip to a u.n. camp in south sudden was cut short after protest against the country s president. her security team escorted her from the camp when hundreds of protesters approached the area she was visiting. all travelers flying into the united states today could face stricter security measures before taking off. both american citizens and foreigners on a
welcome back. it s time now for your morning timer. everything you need to know to start your day. at least 24 people were killed in egypt this morning as a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying catholic christians to a monastery. this is the third attack on christians in that city. greg gianforte won the special election for montana s open house seat just one day after being charged for assaulting a reporter. in his acceptance speech, gianforte apologized saying i shouldn t have responded in that way. i m sorry. federal police upheld a ruling blocking president trump s travel ban thursday halting portions of the executive order indefinitely. the trump administration said big plans to appeal to the supreme court. and in that crushing on going manchester investigation,